Are you drowning in zucchini just like we do? All people we know with a garden or vegetable box subscription are currently desperately looking for recipes to cook the summer squash in large quantities. And our Vietnamese-style zucchini salad with peanut sauce is just the right choice for this. Because half a kilo of zucchini can easily be processed for 2 servings.
Basically it’s a Vietnamese noodle salad, just without the noodles. At least without wheat, glass or rice noodles. Because the basis of the dish are zucchini noodles, so-called zoodles. If you don’t have a fancy spiral cutter to make this type of vegetable noodle, you can also simply slice the zucchini into fine strips (julienne). The main thing is that the zucchini is not too big or thick later. Because it is served raw, just like the rest of the vegetables. With the exception of the fried tofu, this dish is raw vegan. Crazy!
In addition to zucchini salad and tofu topping, we also prepare a quick and tasty peanut sauce as a third component. It consists of peanut butter, water and a few spices. For example soy sauce, sugar or lime juice. Everything is mixed together and poured over the salad. And that’s it. The perfect summer meal is ready.
Vietnamese-Style Zucchini Salad with Peanut Sauce
Ingredients
Zucchini Salad
- 450 g zucchini
- 1 carrot
- 1/2 bell pepper, red
- 1/4 cucumber
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds, black
- 1 bunch coriander and / or mint
- salt + chili powder
Tofu Topping
- 400 g tofu
- 4 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp ginger, grated
- vegetable oil
Peanut Sauce
- 4 tbsp peanut butter
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- 1 heaped tsp sugar
- 1 tsp sriracha chili sauce
- 50 ml water
Preparation
- Process the zucchini into noodles (so-called zoodles) with a spiral cutter or slice into fine julienne. Slice the carrot into fine julienne. Chop the peppers into small cubes. Quarter the cucumber and cut into thin rings. Pluck the herbs. Mix everything in a bowl.
- Cut the tofu into cubes. Fry brown on all sides in a pan with a good dash of oil over medium to high temperature. Add the ginger and deglaze with the soy sauce. Mix well and remove from heat.
- Mix the ingredients for the peanut sauce.
- Serve the zucchini salad with tofu and peanut sauce, sprinkled with sesame. Season everything with salt and chili powder.
Song of the recipe:
Relaxed sounds from UK. Just right for the summer.
(Would you like to listen to all the songs for the recipe? Find them collected in one playlist here)
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